Clone an eSpace

Sometimes, when you are creating a new eSpace (An application or a part of an application that implements a set of services, gathered in a single project. Each service can be presented in a different flow.), you might want to copy the functionality implemented in another eSpace, even using it as a template for a different application. In Agile Platform, this is called cloning an eSpace. Cloning an eSpace allows you to make a copy of an eSpace that already exists in your work area, creating a new eSpace with a different eSpace identifier (Each eSpace has an unique identifier, computed using time-stamp and network adapter of the local machine. This identifier is generated the first time the eSpace is saved and used by Service Center to uniquely identify the eSpace.). To Agile Platform, these two eSpaces are managed independently.

How to create a new eSpace based on another eSpace:

In the File menu, click Open to open the eSpace that is the source of the clone operation.

In the File menu, click Clone .

A pop-up window is displayed and you have to indicate the destination filename of the Clone operation. The destination eSpace can correspond to a file that already exist or you can create a new one.

The destination eSpace will have the same contents as the file of the source eSpace.

After the clone operation, the destination eSpace is automatically opened, while the source eSpace is closed, and you get the message

"eSpace was successfully cloned".

Again, be aware that saving or copying an eSpace in the file system, with a different name, will not create a new eSpace, it will just create a different version of it, due to the fact that they both have the same eSpace identifier.